Health Insurance

Employer-based health insurance premiums increased an average of 3 to 4 percent over the previous year, as costs continue to rise at rates much closer to inflation and employees’ salary increases than the early 2000s. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)/Health Research & Educational Trust 2017 Employer Health Benefits Survey, premiums for family coverage averaged […]

New Jersey will allow health insurers to re-submit their rate requests for next year to account for the uncertainty of federal healthcare reform, Katie Jennings reports in PoliticoNJ. (Read it here. Password required.) Rate requests for plans offered on the federal health insurance exchanges were originally filed in June, while Congress was debating major changes […]

One of the casualties of the prolonged budget debate was passage of out-of-network health insurance reform—legislation that would rein in the surprise medical bills patients receive after using an out-of-network provider, often unknowingly. As Lilo Stanton reported in NJ Spotlight, a revised version of the controversial measure was ready for a vote, but did not […]

Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, on Thursday unveiled H.R. 1628 – the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017. The bill, crafted by 13 republican senators, will now be reviewed by the full Senate. Majority Leader McConnell has announced a plan to hold a floor vote on the bill next week after budgetary and procedural scorekeeping […]

On behalf of our 20,000 members, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA), respectfully OPPOSES Senate Bill 2793 (Weinberg). This bill requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for digital tomosynthesis for screening and diagnostic purposes related to breast cancer. NJBIA is concerned that this measure has not been reviewed by the […]